Tag: food

Turkey Day in 1895 in Heuvelton

An early “turkey day” in Heuvelton—the largest and usually best market for local turkey farmers. Farmers waiting with their turkeys–for appraisal and purchase–in a line towards the railroad station. A car load of knocked down boxes would arrive to be distributed to the different buyers. These boxes were large enough to hold eighteen medium sized […]

Baker Rollande Henry in Heuvelton

Baker Rollande Henry, nickname “Sarge,” piping frosting onto a cake. By 1978 she had been making cakes for 25 years. Rollande moved to the US from Hull in Quebec in 1928. From the Ogdensburg Journal’s Leisure Time Advance News insert from July 1978. Heuvelton, NY.

McCadams plant worker cutting cheese in Chateaugay

Ron Kiah, packaging supervisor, cuts blocks of cheese into consumer-sized blocks for packaging and shipping to McCadam Cheese Company’s national markets. Inside the McCadam Cheese Company processing plant in Chateaugay, NY. Circa 1980. Originally printed in a 1984 Ogdensburg Journal. Click here to check out our story on how cheese helped build Heuvelton.

Ducett’s Store grocery section in Heuvelton

Grocery section of  Ducett’s Store in the 1930s, with Fred and Hattie Ducett and son Orman. Another son, Earl, was also associated with the store, which operated until the 1960s in the Pickens Hall building. Circa 1930s. Heuvelton, NY.